La Vuelta "The Tour of Spain"

[dawg80]

American rider Sepp Kuss of Durango, Colorado has all but won the grand tour bike race in Spain, all he has to do is not fall off his bike tomorrow on the final stage into Madrid. Kuss is not the team leader for Team Jumbo, who has on its roster the reigning champions of the Giro (Tour of Italy) and The Tour of France, but Kuss kept finishing near the top stage after stage and assumed the lead in this race. His two super teammates will finish 2nd and 3rd giving Jumbo a clean sweep of the podium.

Sepp Kuss is a youngster with a bright future as a pro cyclist. He helped his mates when in Italy and France and they just returned the favor in Spain. Kuss represents the very best of what sports is supposed to be about. He is incredibly humble, family-oriented...almost preciously naive! What a refreshing change from all these self-serving prima donnas who care only about themselves and their selfish gains.

Congrats to Sepp Kuss, champion of the Tour of Spain, and I am now a big fan!

[dawg80]

Kuss didn't crash out, so he finished the tour today and won La Vuelta. His margin of victory after 21 stages over 3 weeks was a scant 17 seconds. His wife ran up to him after he crossed the finish line and she was overheard to say, "Don't do this again!" It has been widely reported that she has been a nervous wreck day after day as her husband would fight to hang onto the lead. Sepp Kuss was never intended to win this race but rather was supposed to help his superstar teammates win it. He went from being a super "domestique" to team leader after he was still in the red jersey after the time trial.

First American to win a grand tour in 20 years, and the first not to be stripped of the title. Very refreshing.

[DallasDog]

And he doesn't seem to be a giant D!ckhead like Armstrong was to people.